gami8630 Posted May 2 Posted May 2 (edited) This car is Tiny Lund's Ford Galaxie, which won the 1963 Daytona 500 with the Wood Brothers team. During Daytona Week that year, Marvin Punch of the same team raced a Maserati in the sports car race, but Punch was left in the burning car after an accident during the race. Four or five men ran up to him and pulled him out, one of whom was Tiny Lund. Tiny Lund was then asked to stand in for Punch, and with the help of the team's well-thought-out strategy, he made the most of the opportunity and won the race. The base kit is AMT/ERTL's “1963 FORD GALAXIE” released in 2000 as a “YEAR 2000 SPECIAL EDITION” product. This kit includes the engine and is a “STOCK/CUSTOM/ADVANCED CUSTOM” 3-in-1 kit, but it does not include parts to make it NASCAR spec, so I had to modify it in various ways this time. The decals are JNJ #88-144 purchased through eBay. Unfortunately, the “410 H.P.” on the engine hood is different from the real car, and the sponsor decals on the front fenders are missing. The body has been modified by removing the moldings, emblems, and wipers of the production version, and adding race-spec fuel filler, overflow pipes, and front and rear lamp covers. The cockpit has been replaced with a 60-64 Ford Interior Tub, a resin product. The cockpit is fitted with a meter panel with Powerslide meter decals, a roll cage made by myself with Evergreen rods, a fire extinguisher and racing seat adapted from the Monogram Nascar kit, and a steering wheel wrapped with a thin strip of masking tape. Wheels and tires are PPP HM-9 Holman Moody 9” Wheels 1960-64 and 1960-1964 Firestone Tires. The engine hood is glued to the body and the engine plate parts from AMT's “1964 FORD GALAXIE 500-XL” kit are used instead of the engine. The body color is sprayed Tamiya white and pure red, and JNJ decals are applied, but the missing sponsor decals on the front fenders are from stock. For this build, I found Bigchef2112's “Tiny Lund 1963 Daytona 500 winner” published in 2023 on this forum very helpful. Thank you very much. My build this time has many differences from the real car, but I was able to reproduce the atmosphere well enough, so I am satisfied as far as I am concerned. Edited May 3 by gami8630 10
Belugawrx Posted May 2 Posted May 2 Well done Yoshi ! You've really got a handle on those old NASCAR racers ! Cheers
gami8630 Posted May 3 Author Posted May 3 Thank you all for the replies. Modifying a production car kit into a Nascar version is a lot of work, but it is also a fun time. In addition, I have added a description of the cockpit to the text.
Jim B Posted May 3 Posted May 3 That looks really nice. I wondered what it would take to make one of these.
Bainford Posted May 5 Posted May 5 Great old stocker. Very nice work on this one. The Wood Bros livery looks great in any era. You have captured that old school vibe very well.
gami8630 Posted May 6 Author Posted May 6 (edited) On 2025/5/6 at 午前5時48分, Bainford said: Great old stocker. Very nice work on this one. The Wood Bros livery looks great in any era. You have captured that old school vibe very well. Thank you Trevor. I have always loved the traditional Wood Brothers coloring as well. Edited May 10 by gami8630
gami8630 Posted May 10 Author Posted May 10 On 5/9/2025 at 12:20 AM, Jim N said: Looks really nice. You did a great job! Thanks,Jim N !
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